Garment hanger



April 13, 1943.

M. C. MARBLE GARMENT HANGER Filed April 11, 1942 M1 160 ,Lrn C. ivarble,

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Patented Apr. 13, 1943 GARMENT HANGER Malcolm C. Marble, Canton, Pa.,assignor to The Belmar Manufacturing Company, Canton, Pa., a corporationof Pennsylvania Application April 11, 1942, Serial No. 438,638

1 Claim.

This invention relates to improvements in garment hangers; moreespecially clamp-type trouser hangers of all-wooden construction.

Among the objects of the invention is the provision of a trouser-hangerof clamp type, which is or can be embodied entirely in wood, therebyavoiding need for use of metals or plastics While obtaining a degree ofdurability and utility quite comparable to those of metal hangers.

This and other objects are achieved by the provisions of a hangercomprising a pair of wooden clamp bars and springy wooden rods extendingupwardly therefrom. The upper portions of the rods are secured in fixedrelation to each other, at an inclination such as to allow the bars tospread to the desired degree, and a wooden keeper is provided on therods, for bringing the jaws together. In one modification the upperparts of the wooden rods are curved to provide a hook; in another, aseparate wooden hook is provided to which the rods are secured.

In the accompanying drawing are shown two examples of specificembodiments of hangers within the purview of the invention. In thedrawing:

Fig. 1 is a View in side elevation of one form of my hanger,

Fig. 2 is an end view of the hanger of Fig. 1,

Fig. 3 is a view in side elevation, of a modified form of hanger andFig. 4 is a view partly in end elevation, partly in section along line4-4 of Fig. 3.

Referring to the drawing and more especially Figs. 1 and 2, the hangeris shown as including a pair of wooden trouser-clamp bars 9 with feltstrips ID, of conventional configuration, to each of which is secured(in bores l l) a curved wooden rod I2, as shown. In clamped position, asshown, the shanks of the rods are substantially parallel, while theupper ends are flattened or beveled at I3, in planes inclined withrespect to the rod axes and joined to each other by suitable means suchas glue and a wire 'wrapping I4. A double-bored wooden keeper I5 isprovided, sliding on the rods. By reason of the bevel at i3, on raisingthe keeper the rods spread outwardly as indicated in dotted lines inFig. 2, by their own resiliency, to allow reception of a garment (notshown) between the clamp bars.

In the modification shown in Figs. 3 and 4, straight wooden rods I! areemployed, secured in inclined bores IS in the wooden clamp bars 9. Theupper ends of the rods are beveled at 29 and are secured as by glue in atapered bore 2| in a wooden hook member 22, curved at 23 with the highpoint of the curve lying above the center of gravity of the hanger. AWooden keeper I5 is provided as in Figs. 1 and 2. In Figs. 3 and 4 thedanger is shown in its open position. On moving the keeper down to lowposition (of. Figs. 1 and 2) "the clamp bars are brought together.

The several parts of the hanger are conveniently held together by glueand can be painted, stained, etc. as desired.

What I claim is:

A garment hanger comprising a pair of wooden transverse garment-clampingbars, springy wooden rods secured in and extending upwardly from thebars and slightly inclined in the direction of one end of the bars", atransversely-extending wooden hook member lying over the center ofgravity of the hanger, means for securing the upper ends of the rods inthe hook member adjacent one end thereof, in fixed relation to eachother such that in the absence of constraint the rods diverge laterallyfrom each other in a plane inclined with respect to the clamping bars,and sliding keeper means on the rods for moving the lower portions ofthe rods and the clamping bars secured thereto, toward each other.

MALCOLM C. MARBLE,

